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A Rare Case with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Manifested by two Different Neurologic Entities; Guillain Barre Syndrome and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an immune-mediated, lifelong disease characterized by quite heterogeneous neuropsychiatric manifestations. Herewith, we report the first rare co-incidental case with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), and (SLE)....
2020 / Firdevs Ulutaş, Veli Çobankara, Uğur Karasu, Nuri Baser, Ismail Hakkı Akbudak -
Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features (IPAF): A Single-Centre, Prospective Study
Objectives: Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) refers to patients with interstitial lung disease and autoimmune features not fulfilling the classification criteria for a specific connective tissue disease. We sought to study the characteristics, disease progression, response to...
2020 / Maria Karampeli, Konstantinos Thomas, Sofia Flouda, Aikaterina Chavatza, Dionisios Nikolopoulos, Antigone Pieta, Dimitrios Tseronis, Michail Aggelakos, Dimitra Kassara, Vasiliki Tzavara, Pelagia Katsimbri, Dimitrios Boumpas, Theofanis Karageorgas -
Arthritis and Myositis in a Patient Treated with Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor Pembrolizumab for Lung Cancer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a new class of drug that have demonstrated efficacy across many cancer types. Because of their nature and mode of action, ICIs unleash immune activation raising concerns as to whether they can be used in patients with concomitant autoimmune or...
2020 / Eleni Pagkopoulou, Theodora Simopoulou, Eleni Maragkouli, Stamatia Perifanou-Sotiri, Athanasios Kotsakis, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos -
Let Food Be Thy Medicine: The Case of The Mediterranean Diet in Rheumatoid Arthritis
The role of diet in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been the topic of extensive research. The present review aimed to present and appraise the studies assessing adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) and the primary/secondary prevention of rheumatoid arthritis. Based on the available studies, the...
2020 / Paraskevi Vranou, Athanasios Gkoutzourelas, Dorothea Athanatou, Efterpi Zafiriou, Maria G. Grammatikopoulou, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos -
Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Male with Elevated Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide and no Evidence of Longstanding Rheumatoid Arthritis
A 55-year-old male, previously known to be healthy, presented to the emergency department with a 30-minute history of chest pain radiating to the upper extremities. Vital signs were within normal limits. Four days prior to this presentation, the patient presented for acute onset of polyarthritis...
2020 / Georges El Hasbani, Ziyad Ghazzal, Habib Dakik, Lamiaa Hamie, Imad Uthman -
Histoplasma Pyomyositis in a Patient with Disseminated Histoplasmosis and AntiSynthetase Syndrome: Case-Based Review of Literature
Background: Histoplasmosis is an endemic mycosis caused by Histoplasma Capsulatum, a thermally dimorphic fungus with mycelial and yeast forms. Muscle involvement is infrequent in Histoplasmosis. Case: A 49-year-old lady presented with generalized myalgia and arthritis of two-year duration, which...
2020 / Harikrishnan Gangadharan Nair, Amita Aggarwal, R Naveen, Rungmei Sk Marak, Rachna Agarwal, Latika Gupta -
Peripheral Microangiopathy in Patients with Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension: Correlation with Cardiac Function and Patients’ Functional Capacity. Study Design and Rationale
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, heterogenous clinical entity characterised by a progressive remodelling of pulmonary arterioles, which leads to obstructive pulmonary arteriopathy, increased pulmonary vascular resistance, and eventually, right heart failure. Inflammation, endothelial...
2020 / Alexandra Arvanitaki, George Giannakoulas, Eva Triantafyllidou, Haralambos Karvounis, Theodoros Dimitroulas -
Guidelines on the Role of Nursing in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis: Do we “AGREE II”?
In the era of evidence-based practice, the role of the nurse in Rheumatology has broadened and became more complex, as a part of a multidisciplinary team. The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) has published recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory ...
2020 / Paraskevi Tsiamalou, Alexandros G. Brotis -
Potential Role of Anti-Complement Agents in the Treatment of COVID-19-Related ARDS2020 / Christina Spanopoulou, Dimitrios Kassimos, Dimitrios Cassimos
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Practical Issues in Managing Systemic Inflammatory Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation threatens not only the health of populations, but also the coherence and function of health care systems. Patients with systemic inflammatory disorders feel the overwhelming strain of COVID-19, since their disease, administered treatments,...
2020 / Theodoros Dimitroulas, George Bertsias -
COVID-19: An Archetype Innate Immunity Reaction and Modes of Treatment
The magnitude of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic found health systems unprepared, not allowing for prompt evaluation, collaboration among specialities and treatment of severely ill patients admitted to intensive care units, with many of them having an unfortunate outcome. Current data demonstrate an acute...
2020 / Periklis Vounotrypidis -
Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19
The recent passing away of Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first described what is now known as Kawasaki Disease (KD), and recent reports of a multisystem inflammatory disease in children associated with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (MIS-C), makes a review on KD and...
2020 / Athanasios Gkoutzourelas, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Lazaros I. Sakkas -
Management of Patients with Inflammatory Diseases during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Patients with various inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, skin, liver, kidneys, and musculoskeletal system-connective tissues, often undergo different anti-inflammatory therapies to maintain remission and avoid serious and/or life-threatening complications. Available data so far...
2020 / Theofanis Apostolou, Ioannis E. Koutroubakis, Spilios Manolakopoulos, Gerasimos Mantzaris, Dimitrios Rigopoulos, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos -
The Rheumatologist’s Role in the Battle Against COVID-19: Insights from the Front Line and Challenges for the Future
As the worldwide burden of COVID-19 increases exponentially, healthcare systems are plagued by unprecedented pressure. In this setting, many rheumatologists across the globe have been recruited to support the front line, facing several unexpected challenges, but also providing valuable skills in...
2020 / Christos Koutsianas, Katerina Chatzidionysiou -
Nocebo-Prone Behaviour in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with emotional distress and significant disruptions in health-care services. These are key players in the development of nocebo phenomena. We aimed to investigate nocebo-prone behaviour in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) amid the...
2020 / George E. Fragoulis, Gerasimos Evangelatos, Aikaterini Arida, Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia, Kalliopi Fragiadaki, Anastasios Karamanakos, Evrydiki Kravvariti, Katerina Laskari, Stylianos Panopoulos, Maria Pappa, Dimos D. Mitsikostas, Maria G. Tektonidou, Petros P. Sfikakis -
Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic2020 / Ahmed M. Abbas, Asmaa Aboubakr
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Attitude of Iraqi Rheumatologists While Managing Rheumatic Diseases in the Era of COVID-19: An Online Survey
Background: The current crisis COVID-19 has affected the already challenging management of rheumatic diseases. Since no evidence-based approach is yet available, this survey was conducted to explore the Iraqi rheumatologists’ attitude in the era of COVID-19 and how they have been managing their...
2020 / Nizar Abdulateef Jassim, Dina Yasiry, Yasameen Abbass Hummadi -
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Defining Clinical and Ultrasound Deep Remission
The prognosis of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has improved substantially in the last two decades due to the appearance of biological therapies, but above all, due to the improvement in the strategy and management of the disease. Our goal in RA should be to achieve remission, or in its...
2020 / Hèctor Corominas, Ana Milena Millan, Cesar Diaz-Torne -
The Semantics of ‘Hip Pain’ and its Impact on Clinical Practice in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) of Disease: Results from a Clinical and Radiological Evaluation Cohort
Introduction: The item ‘hip pain’ is widely used in questionnaires related to Spondyloarthritis and/ or Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), either in clinics with patients being physically present or remotely, as the hip joint is known to affect AS in particular. Patients in clinics often claim to have...
2020 / Mayuri Karela, Lloyd Rickard, Euthalia Roussou -
A Case of Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting as Cranial Giant Cell Arteritis
We present a case of a 63-year old man with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) in which the initial clinical presentation resembled the cranial form of giant cell arteritis (GCA) (headache, jaw claudication, low grade fever and raised inflammation markers). Ultrasound of both superficial common...
2020 / Gerasimos Evangelatos, George E. Fragoulis, Alexios Iliopoulos